Jolie froze, realizing she’d let something slip. Her gaze darted nervously as she stammered, “Oh, uh, maybe? Maybe not? I might have remembered wrong…”
Selena narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing her closely.
Under that piercing gaze, Jolie’s confidence crumbled, and she finally avoided eye contact altogether.
The atmosphere in the living room grew tense as Selena remained silent, simply staring at her.
Unable to bear the pressure any longer, Jolie threw up her hands in surrender. “I give up! I’ll confess! Just stop looking at me like that. You’re making me panic!”
Selena crossed her arms and raised her chin. “Start talking. Tell me everything.”
“Um…” Jolie coughed awkwardly, finding it hard to voice the details.
“Hmm?” Selena’s sharp gaze cut through her hesitation, making Jolie deflate instantly.
“Well,” Jolie began hesitantly, “at a banquet at the Cooper family home, I was, uh, drugged… and Gavin took me to a room to help me. Then… um… one thing led to another, and… something happened.”
She coughed again, her voice growing softer. “After that, I told him I owed him for saving me. He… he said I could repay him… ten times. So, yeah, that’s… basically it.”
Selena was utterly stunned. She couldn’t believe her ears.
That serious, stoic, and unapproachable Gavin Cooper was secretly bullying a young girl like this?
And… ten times?
What a shameless man!
Didn’t he already benefit enough?
Selena’s impression of Gavin, once tall and imposing, shattered into a million pieces. Truly, one should never judge a book by its cover.
Jolie glanced at Selena and continued, “After that, the Quin family hosted two more banquets and invited Gavin to both. He showed up, and they immediately started scheming, trying to push me into pursuing him.
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